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Charles Russell Speechlys has received a Gold Award, for the third year running, from Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index for its commitment and dedication to being an LGBTQ+ inclusive employer. This year, they have improved their ranking in the Top 100 Employer’s List by 17 places and have risen to 15th. Stonewall’s Top 100 Employers List 2024 is the UK’s leading ranking of employers within the…

GPK Pegger Kofler & Partner long-standing law firm partners are repeatedly recommended as “Austria’s best lawyers” in the current Best Lawyers Ranking 2024 by the German newspaper Handelsblatt , thus building on the ranking successes from previous years: Attorney Stefan Kofler receives the award in transport law and foreign trade law. Attorney Franz Pegger is listed in his specialty area of …

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) is pleased to announce a senior leadership appointment that will strengthen the firm’s ranks. Effective July 1, Patricia (Trish) Morrison, previously BLG’s National Business Leader for construction, has been appointed as the National Group Head of the firm’s Commercial Litigation and Construction Group for a three-year term. Trish succeeds David Di Paolo, who will …

Defense Verdict: Wadleigh, Starr & Peters, PLLC Members Todd Hathaway and Tierney Chadwick recently secured a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case for a New Hampshire hospital and health system in which the Plaintiffs claimed over $50 million in alleged damages. The case involved neonatal intensive care unit care and involved almost three weeks of evidence. They were assisted by seni…

On July 2, 2024, the Connecticut Supreme Court issued its decision regarding a three-year, 124 day trade secret trial in which Halloran Sage partners Joseph Fortner and Jennifer Pedevillano successfully obtained judgment in favor of their client, Indue Sales & Service (“Indue”).  The Plaintiff, Dur-A-Flex, claimed that Indue misappropriated the Plaintiff’s trade secrets when a former employee …

Frantz Ward is proud to share that Partner and Construction Practice Group Chair Ian Frank has been elected as a board member for the Builders Exchange, Inc. "It will be an honor and privilege to serve as a member of the BX Board and contribute to its long history of service to Ohio's construction Industry," said Ian. The BX was founded in 1881 by a group of contractors, suppliers and architects…

Congratulations to Sam Okudzeto & Associates Managing Partner Victoria Barth on her appointment as a member of the International Chamber of Commerce International Court of Arbitration for the 2024-2027 mandate. More details on her appointment can be found HERE.…

When you think about cannabis law in Michigan, the state’s top legal news publication wants attorney Jeffrey Schroder of  Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and most accomplished law firms, to come to mind. That’s why Schroder was recently named by Michigan Lawyers Weekly to its 2024 list of Go To Lawyers for Cannabis Law in Michigan. The publication’s Go To Lawyers program recognizes t…

Morgan & Morgan advised Corporación Interamericana Para El Financiamiento de Infraestructura, S.A. (“CIFI”), as issuer, in the issuance and sale of green bonds through the Latin American Stock Exchange (“Latinex”) for an amount of US$10,000,000, which is the first issuance ever of a security of a private company carried out through the iLink (International Link) platform of Central Latinoameri…

Dickinson & Gibbons, P.A. is pleased to announce attorney selections as Florida Super Lawyers and Florida Rising Stars for 2024. Partners Deborah J. Blue, Gary H. Larsen, and Jeffrey D. Peairs have been named Super Lawyers and Jesse R. Butler has been designated a Florida Rising Star. Super Lawyers, a service of Thomson Reuters, is a research-driven, peer-influenced rating service of outstand…